The Journey of Natty Gann Page #6

Synopsis: Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Director(s): Jeremy Kagan
Production: Walt Disney Productions
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG
Year:
1985
101 min
377 Views


[ snorts, growls ]

- [ growls ]

- [ wolf barks, growls ]

- [ growls, barks ]

- [ mooing ]

Go on, bull ! Go on !

[ all shouting ]

[ boys shouting,

cheering ]

Come on, bull !

[ shouting,

cheering continues ]

[ boy ]

let's go !

Let's go, Parker.

Come on, let's go.

Where are you going ?

Come on, wolf !

Where are you going ?

Come on !

[ engine cranking ]

[ cranking continues ]

[ Natty ] you know how

to drive this thing ?

Get off my back.

- All right, get behind

and push, all of ya !

- Let's get goin' !

[ cranking continues ]

come on, baby.

- Come on, Parker,

move this thing !

- Come on, baby.

What the hell you think

I'm trying to do ?

Come on, baby.

[ cranking continues ]

let's go !

- Uh-oh. Come on, Parker !

- Get this thing goin' !

Come on, wolf !

Let's go !

Go !

Wait for us !

Wait !

[ man ]

full name. Speak up.

Natalie sue Gann.

Natalie sue Gann.

Where do you live ?

I-- I'm not--

vagrant.

Where are your folks ?

I'm not sure,

but I'm looking for my dad--

orphan.

I'm not an orphan.

Put her

in number one.

I'm no orphan !

Sure, kid, sure.

[ matron ]

go on, get in here.

Over here.

Okay,

this is your bed.

No talkin' after 8:00,

and up at 5:
00.

All right, lights out.

No talkin' !

Quiet !

[ matron ]

one. Two.

One. Two.

One. Two.

Hands on hips.

One. Two.

That's where

the boys sleep.

One. Two.

Billy lang's a real dream.

Okay, twinkie, 15 laps.

In silence.

And take your friend.

The rest of you,

fall out.

Sorry.

Go on. Get goin'.

[ wolf growling ]

Let's get him

over here.

I got my side.

[ growling continues ]

come on, boy.

Hey, hey !

Hold him ! Hold him !

[ twinkie ]

you're askin' for it.

Let him go !

Pull him over there !

[ Natty ]

let go of him !

- Don't hurt him !

- [ growling continues ]

- [ man ] hold him down !

- Stop it !

- [ growling continues ]

- [ barks ]

- he's all yours, Charlie.

- Get rid of him.

- No !

I said keep movin',

sister !

No ! No !

[ wolf barks ]

You're hurting me.

Shut up !

Get in there !

[ Natty ]

let me out of here now !

[ banging on door ]

somebody let me out !

[ weeping softly ]

[ man ]

we were going

to send it on,

But the lady

said to keep it,

so we just hung on to it.

They went over this with

a fine-toothed comb.

Didn't find nothin'.

Maybe she wasn't even on your

goddamned train, all right ?

Maybe somebody

stole her wallet !

Don't get mad at me !

It's not my fault !

You okay ?

I'm gettin' out

of here, twinkie.

Me too, three years,

five months and 17 days.

I can't wait that long.

There's nothing else

you can do.

You won't squeal,

will ya ?

[ footsteps approaching ]

Here, put this on. It's mine.

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